May Trip

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Nature Weekends - Rest of the US

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Sunny's May 2004 Trip Location Research:
Where to Photograph Birds, Mammals, Floras, & Scenics
New December 15, 2003

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Montana

Montana NWRs
Visit Montana

Wildlife Calendar

Bowdoin NWR

Wildlife Watcher --
(migratory birds, pronghorn, nesting pelicans, etc.)

USFWS
GORP

Canoeing Eastern Montana

Medicine Lake & Bowdoin NWRs

Charles M Russell NWR

Detail Map
UL Bend NWR
(prairie dogs, ferrets; early spring - sage grouse displays; mule deer, pronghorn; Sept - elk in rut)

Freezeout Lake WMA

Mike Thompson - WL biologist
(Mar -- snow geese migration)
Arlene Ripley - June trip
Jim Zipp, 6/20-27 trip

GORP

Makoshika SP

Medicine Lake NWR

GORP -- summer
(nesting pelicans, waterfowl, prairie birds, w-t deer;
cranes in late Oct)
USFWS
Montana Traveler

Robert Royse Bird Photography

W North Dakota / NE Montana
early June, 1999
(Medicine Lake NWR best)
Glacier / Medicine Lake -
early June, 2000

North Dakota

Chase Lake NWR
(pelicans)

New Restrictions

De Lacs NWR Complex
(200-300,000 snow geese in Oct)
Lostwood NWR

USFWS
(waterfowl, sparrows, etc)
Amer Birding Assoc
Great Plains NA Guide
(shorebirds, sparrows, raptors, s-t grouse, w-t deer, prairie flowers)
Butterflies of Lostwood

Gregg Pasterick New 1/2!

Spring Migration
(Great Lakes, East Coast, No. Central Prairies)

No. Dak Parks and Recreation
Birdwatching

ND Tourism.com
Wildlife Viewing

Peter Thayer
Top Places to Bird

Lostwood NWR
Theodore Roosevelt NP
(birds, bison, etc)
Glacier NP -- summer

Robert Royse Bird Photography

W North Dakota / NE Montana
early June, 1999

Theodore Roosevelt NP

Aleen Kienholz (bison)
GORP
(bison, prairie dog towns)
ND Tourism.com
Nat Park Service
Rick Hobbs
Great Plains NA Guide

Little Missouri SP
(E. of TR NP - badlands, primitive camping)

No. Dakota Almanac

TNC Preserves

No. Dakota Wildflowers

T. Roosevelt Badlands

Wings Birding Tours -- early June
N. Dakota/Montana Birding

Yahoo Natural World
Bird Migration

Minnesota

GORP

North Woods Rookeries
Where to See Moose -- October
(Boundary Waters Canoe Trip)
Autumn in Minnesota
Scenic Drives

N. Minnesota Birding

Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Thief River Falls Birding
Amer Birding Assoc
(Pine, Agassiz, Tamarac, etc.)

Paynesville area
Marsh Lake Pelicans -- mid-Apr -- late Sept

Peter Thayer
Top Places to Bird

Hawk Ridge Nature Preserve
(fall raptors - near Duluth)
Gunflint Trail Birding -- late May - early June
(migratory bird festival)
Sax-Zim Bog
(owls -- NW of Duluth)

Wildlife Watcher

Agassiz NWR -- Spring-Oct
(waterfowl, deer, etc)

USFWS site

International Wolf Center
(wolves are fed on Saturday)
Tamarac NWR -- May-Oct
(eagles, trumpeter swans, waterfowl, and May songbirds)

USFWS site

Voyageurs NP -- Spring-Fall
(by canoe)

Wings Birding Tours -- early June
N. Dakota/Montana Birding

Wisconsin

GORP

Mississippi River
Where to Look for Birds

Wisconsin Attractions
Birding Hotspots

Wisconsin Tourism Dept
Birdwatching Locations

Crex Meadows WA -- late May
(fawns, wildflowers, BIRDS)

Horicon NWR -- late spring/summer
(birds)
Horicon Marsh Birding -- May, fall
(birds)

Michigan

GORP

Gregg Pasterick New 1/2!

Spring Migration
(Great Lakes, East Coast, No. Central Prairies)

Peter Thayer
Top Places to Bird

Lake Erie
(fall raptors)
Grayling -- mid-May-June
(Kirkland'sWarbler)
Sault Ste. Maire -- winter

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

GORP
NPS

Day hikes

Isle Royale NP -- Kaz Takahashi

Northern Hardwoods & Lake Superior
5/9-15 Rod Planck
(near Munising - lakes, wildflowers

Robert Royse Bird Photography

Upper Mich -- late May, 2003
Upper Mich -- May 24-27, 2002
Lower Mich -- May 10-11, 2002
Upper Mich -- late May, 2001

Whitefish Point Observatory
(hawk migration peaks from mid-April to early May)
Whitefish Point -- April
(early spring migrants)
NF Campgrounds near Paradise

Ontario

Steve Arlow
Point Pelee and Surrounding Area
(surfbirds.com - May)
Point Pelee NP, Ontario
Ontario Recent Bird Reports

Point Pelee Bird Signtings
(late April thru May, 2003)

Wings Birding Tours -- mid-May
Point Pelee and Tawas Point, Mich
The Nature Conservancy

Point Pelee

Further South

Wyoming

GORP

Grand Tetons

Greater Yellowstone

Yellowstone NP

Yellowstone Wildlife

Wildlife Watcher

Yellowstone NP

South Dakota

GORP
Badlands NP (scenic drives)

Peter Thayer
Top Places to Bird

Badlands NP --
(bison, prairie dogs)
Black Hills NF
(forest birds)

Lacreek NWR
(nesting pelicans, cormorants, herons, egrets)
Sand Lake NWR
(nesting Franklin's gulls;
waterfowl migration Mar - May)

Nebraska

Wildlife Watcher

Platte River Valley --
mid-Feb - early April
(sandhill cranes)

Audubon

Rowe Sanctuary (sandhill cranes)

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